A journey to India through 23 countries! Having started from their breeding areas in northeastern China 11 days ago, the two Amur Falcons Apapang and Alang arrived in Manipur yesterday. This marks the successful completion of their nearly year-long tracking and also their round-trip journey back to Manipur since tagging by scientists of WII in November 2025; travelling through 23 countries on their journey across Africa and Asia, the Amur Falcons are truly global citizens. The two Amur falcons are expected to now make a two to three week stopover at select sites in the beautiful mountainous tracts of Tamenglong district in Manipur, where local people now eagerly wait for their return year after year and protect the falcons. Feasting on the termites emerging in and around their stopover sites the Amurs will put on fat reserves that is critical for their next leg of migration, which will be a 6-day nonstop flight of nearly 6000 km from here to Somalia that also includes a 3000 km Arabian Sea crossing. The Amur Falcons are truly remarkable for their migration journeys.

Addressed the @FollowCII Circular Economy Conference in Delhi today. Elaborated on how India under the leadership of Hon'ble PM Shri @narendramodi ji has adopted a 'whole of government' approach in creating an enabling platform for all stakeholders to push circular economy. With clear policy, directions like Solid Waste Management Rules 2026 and EPR framewor, the focus now is on translating policy intent into meaningful action. Happy to note that as of October 12, 2026, more than 86,043 producers and 4,880 recyclers are registered under various EPR frameworks. Through these collective efforts, nearly 499.60 lakh metric tonnes of waste had been processed across regulated waste streams, with over 435.043 lakh metric tonnes covered through EPR certificate generation.